Toranomon Hills
Expanding and Evolving as a New International Hub and Global Business Center
Starting with Mori Tower, completed in 2014 through integral development with Loop Road No.2, Toranomon Hills has expanded and evolved in a rapid speed with the completion of Business Tower (2020), Residential Tower (2022) and Station Tower (2023). The Toranomon Hills has been expanded to
7.5ha and total floor space of 800,000m². The area aims to become a new international hub and global business center as a mixed-use complex integrated with urban infrastructures such as road and subway, with an impact comparable to that of Mori Building's epoch-making Roppongi Hills.
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Concept
Toranomon Hills aims to become a new international hub and global business center where various businesses and global players gather, and disseminate new ideas and values.
The Toranomon area is located in the heart of Tokyo, close to Kasumigaseki, and has a high concentration of embassies and cultural facilities. Toranomon is also where the Company was founded, and we know the potential of this area better than anyone else. That is why Mori Building envisioned the future of "Global Business Center Toranomon Hills" and has developed the necessary functions to realize this vision.
History
Expanding and Evolving as a New International Hub and Global Business Center at Unprecedented Speed
Urban redevelopment in the Toranomon Hills area took off in 2014 with the opening of Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, the catalyst for the realization of a new international hub and global business center. Ensuing projects have enabled the area’s expansion and evolution to proceed at the unprecedented speed of nine years, supported by each project receiving official designation by the government as a National Strategic Special Zone.
Completion of the Toranomon Hills Business Tower in 2020 introduced "ARCH," an incubation center for business creation by major corporations, and "Toranomon Yokocho," a dining floor where 26 of the best restaurants in Tokyo have gathered. The offices are now occupied by a wide range of leading domestic and international companies, and "ARCH" has attracted 118 major corporations of representative industry in Japan.
Thereafter, Toranomon Hills Residential Tower was completed in 2022 to offer global players world-class residences for the enjoyment of true urban richness. Mori Building, taking full advantage of its expertise as a longtime leader in the luxury residential market, proudly introduced urban residential living on a level never experienced in Japan, and on an impressive scale totaling 547 units.
Toranomon Hills Station Tower, opened in October 2023, closely integrates the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line's Toranomon Hills Station with the new tower's extensive offices, retail facilities, hotel and interactive communication facility. This pivotal addition to Toranomon Hills enables the area to further expand and evolve as a new international hub and global business center offering easy walking access to diverse urban functions sought by global players.
Toranomon Hills Serves as Catalyst for Massive Urban Renewal in Surrounding Area
The expansion and evolution of Toranomon Hills has served as a catalyst for urban renewal of unprecedented speed and scale in the area surrounding the complex. Starting with the opening of Toranomon Hills Mori Tower in 2014, Toranomon Hospital was rebuilt and Okura Prestige Tower was completed in 2019. When Toranomon Hills Business Tower opened in 2020, Tokyo Toranomon Global Square and Tokyo World Gate Kamiyacho Trust Tower also opened its doors in the same year.
Furthermore, Toranomon Hills Residential Tower and T-LITE was completed in 2022. The area's overall evolution is expected to accelerate further with the completion of Toranomon Hills Station Tower in 2023.
Project Overview
Compact City with Diverse Functions within Walking Distance
Following the 2014 opening of Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, which instantly became a Tokyo landmark, construction of Toranomon Hills Business Tower was completed in 2020, and Toranomon Hills Residential Tower (south of Mori Tower) was finished in January 2022. More recently, Toranomon Hills Station Tower, a development integrated with Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line on the west side of Sakurada-dori Avenue, opened in October 2023.
All Toranomon Hills towers (except Mori Tower) were officially designated as National Strategic Special Zone projects, helping to transform the Toranomon area at an unprecedented pace and scale.
Toranomon Hills now encompasses 7.5 hectares and has a total floor area of 800,000m². The area includes mixed-use skyscrapers with 300,000m² of office space, 730 residential units, 24,000m² of retail space with about 170 stores, 370 hotel rooms, and an advanced facility for demonstrations and presentations.
Diverse Urban Functions All within Walking Distance
Toranomon hills provide diverse city functions such as international-standard offices, residences, hotels, commercial facilities, greenery and transportation infrastructure, all within walking distance as a new international urban hub and global business center with an impact comparable to that of Mori Building's epoch-making Roppongi Hills.
By creating new businesses and innovations one after another from Toranomon Hills, we will further strengthen the magnetism of the international city of Tokyo.
Offices Toranomon Hills supplies some 300,000m² of office space, the core of the global business center. The total amount of office workers is about 30,000. The standard office space measuring over 3,000m² flexibly responds to diverse needs and new workstyles, supporting the growth of tenant companies. |
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Incubation Center To make the most of the potential of the area which is in the heart of the main business areas and close to Kasumigaseki, two innovation base was launched in Toranomon Hills. ARCH, membership-style incubation center that helps approx. 120 large companies implement internal business reforms and new business creation as well as CIC Tokyo, that has the world’s largest startup community and is home to 250 domestic/foreign, large/small companies and local government aiming to create business, will be an innovation base. |
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Residences Toranomon Hills offers approx. 730 world-class residences, and in Residential Tower, there is a Michelin three-star restaurant and an international preschool located conveniently in the same building as the residences. |
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Retail Facilities Toranomon Hills offers 26,000m² retail facilities including 170 stores, carefully chosen to meet the clothing, housing, dining, etc. needs of global players, including the "Toranomon Yokocho," featuring a rich variety of famous restaurants, creating new streams of visitors to the Toranomon area. |
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Interactive Communication Facility This highly multifunctional complex combines halls, galleries, restaurants and other facilities fully capable of accommodating business events and other value-creating activities aimed at sharing creativity with the world, unlike any other facility of its kind. |
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Conference Facility Toranomon Hills Forum, one of the largest conference facilities in the Shimbashi and Toranomon areas is equipped to handle some 2,000 people in three halls. |
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Hotels Two world-class hotels at Toranomon Hills, which are Andaz Tokyo and Hotel Toranomon Hills, are fully prepared to accommodate diverse global guests with 370 rooms in total. |
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Station Plaza "Station Atrium" is a station plaza, developed through the integrated development of the area and Toranomon Hills station. The three-story atrium-style vaulted constructure is made of cooperation between city function and transportation functions. |
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Bus Terminal A bus terminal measuring some 1,000m² serves as a key departure/arrival point for airport limousine buses and the Bus Rapid Transit service to/from Tokyo's waterfront. |
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Pedestrian Deck Nicknamed "T-Deck," the pedestrian deck above Sakurada-dori Avenue, measures a spacious 20 meters in width. It serves as the main route for cross-district east-west pedestrian traffic. |
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Public Art Many public art pieces can be seen inside and near each Tower of Toranomon Hills. |
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Open Space with Lush Greenery Some 21,000m² of rich green space was created in the entire Toranomon Hills, including Oval Square situated on the top of an artificial platform that spans a multilevel road system. |
Strengthened Transportation-node Functions of the Gateway Connecting Central Tokyo with the World
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, completed in 2014 was made possible by designing a multilevel road system that allowed innovative structures to be built above these roads, including by integrating Loop Road No.2 and the skyscraper as an urban redevelopment project. Loop Road No.2, realized after 68 years and fully opened in December 2022, greatly improved vehicular flow between central Tokyo and Haneda Airport.
The first floor of the Toranomon Hills Business Tower encompasses a large (some 1,000m²) bus terminal directly accessible to/from Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Toranomon Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. The terminal is served by convenient airport limousine buses and the Tokyo Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) connecting central Tokyo and the waterfront area.
Toranomon Hills Station Tower, closely integrated with Toranomon Hills Station on the Hibiya Line, is Tokyo Metro's first new station in 56 years. It features a lively open station plaza and a pedestrian deck above Sakurada-dori Avenue (National Route 1), measuring spacious 20 meters in width, which connects to Mori Tower's Oval Square.
By strengthening and expanding a multi-layered transportation network on the ground, underground and the deck level, the transportation node functions of Toranomon Hills as a new gateway connecting central Tokyo with the world will be greatly enhanced.
Development along Shintora-dori Avenue
Shintora-dori Avenue, Tokyo's new iconic street, was developed at the same time as Toranomon Hills Mori Tower. The SHINTORA-DORI CORE complex, which was completed in 2017 on the Shintora-dori Avenue, was the first major project in a master plan calling for integration of the area's city blocks and redevelopment along the new iconic street. The complex encompasses rental floor space of 10,000m². It offers high-spec office, a 600m² incubation office on the third floor, restaurants and shops, and an open café/event space directly facing Shintora-dori Avenue. SHINTORA-DORI CORE helps to catalyze development along the avenue by gathering diverse people and new ideas, and also to serve as a hub for bold area-management initiatives in the surrounding Shimbashi/Toranomon area.
Initiatives for Safety, Environment and Culture
New Green Network Connected to Atagoyama
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, completed in 2014, created some 6,000㎡ open spaces, including abundant greenery in its Oval Square rooftop garden and Step Garden terrace. The tower is also imbued with vegetation and flowing streams to help sustain biodiversity. The addition of so much greenery enabled the tower to acquire a top AAA ranking from the Japan Habitat Evaluation and Certification Program (JHEP) operated by the Ecosystem Conservation Society-Japan. Moreover, the building's green spaces are preferred spots for yoga and other community activities enjoyed by office workers and residents.
Furthermore, Toranomon Hills Business Tower’s completion in 2020 created lush Saio Park measuring some 1,200m², and Toranomon Hills Residential Tower, completed in 2022, connected greenery in the lower layers of their mutual exteriors. The result was a contiguous greenway linked to adjacent Atagoyama Mountain and Atago Green Hills, forming a new green network spanning an extended area.
Minimizing the Entire Area's Environmental Impact
Mori Building strives to realize eco-efficient urban developments by deploying highly efficient systems in compact cities that concentrate urban functions in high-rise structures, and using regional energy network throughout the entire community. The company's comprehensive, high-quality management methods include the goal of achieving urban decarbonization based on thorough energy-saving operations and the introduction of renewable energy, plus energy-security measures for times of disaster.
In Toranomon Hills, a high-efficiency energy center run by Toranomon Energy Network has been established to implement regional energy supply to the entire community. The first plant opened in the basement of Toranomon Hills Business Tower in 2020 followed by a second plant in the basement of Toranomon Hills Station Tower in 2023.
By integrating mixed-use buildings with different usage tendencies, such as offices, residences and hotels in the area, energy can be leveled and appropriately controlled for improved energy efficiency. In addition, the energy center is equipped with an AI-supported integrated Energy Management System (EMS) to forecast energy demands based on weather forecasts and past trends, which is expected to realize increasingly efficient energy use through optimization of in-house power-generation and heat-production systems.
Furthermore, in the event of a disaster, the system is designed to ensure supply capacity close to that of normal operations, allowing tenants to sustain their businesses as well as enabling to support disaster victims and stranded people.
Multiple Global Environmental Certifications Received
Toranomon Hills area received preliminary Platinum certification, the highest rank in the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) program's ND (Neighborhood Development) category. The project was favorably assessed for its integration of public transportation including anew subway station, high-level energy efficiency, and Mori Building's emphasis on urban development in partnership with local landowners.
Building Name | Certification/Rank | Year |
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Toranomon Hills (the entire area) | Certification: LEED-ND (District) Rank: Platinum rating (Pre-certified) |
2021 |
Mori Tower | Certification: CASBEE for Real Estate Rank: S |
2018 |
Mori Tower | Certification: Top-Level Facilities, Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on Environmental Preservation Rank: top-level |
2019 |
Business Tower | Certification: CASBEE for Buildings (New construction) Rank: S |
2017 |
Business Tower (Offices) | Certification: BELS Rank: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2017 |
Station Tower (Offices/Retail Facilities) | Certification: LEED-CS (Buildings) Rank: Platinum rating (Pre-certified) |
2022 |
Station Tower (Offices/Retail Facilities) | Certification: WELL Core Rank: Rank: Platinum |
2024 |
Accommodation for People Stranded by Disaster
As accommodation measures when people have difficulty returning home in a disaster, the entire Toranomon Hills will be able to provide temporary accommodation for some 3,600 people in Mori Tower and 1,000 in Business Tower, as well as 950 for stay facilities in Station Tower respectively, making it possible to provide accommodation for 5,600 people stranded by a disaster.
The system also includes a stockpile warehouse of emergency provisions for three days, emergency water wells, and emergency electricity generation, making Toranomon Hills an important center for disaster preparedness.
Data Sheet
Location | 1~3-chome, Toranomon, and Atago 1-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo |
Site Area | Approx. 7.5ha |
Total Floor Area | Approx. 792,000m² |
Office Space | Approx. 305,000m² |
Residential Units | Approx. 730 units |
Retail Space | Approx. 26,000m² |
Shops | Approx. 170 shops |
Hotel Units | Approx. 370 units |
Conference area | Approx. 13,300m² |
Green Space | Approx. 21,000m² |